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Food and Budget Update: 27/08 to 02/09/2016

Posted on September 6, 2016 by nicdempsey

Last week did not start off well on the food front, the major lesson I learned this week is not to shop when I’m tired, hungry and I don’t have a list. I was £6.15 over the £15 limit and … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Family

Posted on September 5, 2016 by nicdempsey

This week’s highlights: Tube chaos The rest of the week was focused on the weekend on Friday afternoon I headed up to Watford for some nephew time. It was nice to spend a long stretch of time with them and … Continue reading →

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Little Goals – September 2016

Posted on September 3, 2016 by nicdempsey

Having an August break was really good for me, I’m more aware of the patterns of how I live and where I need to make a concerted effort. So here we are in September and heading into autumn. Here are … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on September 2, 2016 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I’m off today to spend some time in Watford, Ma and I are going up to help B out while Laura goes on a hen weekend, has fun without the children and with adult beverages and hopefully gets … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 20/08 to 26/08/2016

Posted on September 1, 2016 by nicdempsey

Instead of a ‘lessons learned’ section at the end of this post, I’m going to chat a bit about how the week went because I think that will give you a better idea of what’s going on with me than … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – August 2016

Posted on August 31, 2016 by nicdempsey

Allegiance of Honour – Nalini Singh (library book) Nalini Singh writes book crack, which while sometimes problematic, I just cannot quit. This book is basically a huge epilogue for the 14 books that have gone before it and I had … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Hot

Posted on August 30, 2016 by nicdempsey

Last week I was mostly hot and and eating salad. Yesterday was the last bank holiday before Christmas and I was so confused I forgot to post this yesterday because I was still in weekend mode! This week’s highlights. I grew … Continue reading →

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2016 Goals Recap- August 2016

Posted on August 27, 2016 by nicdempsey

I had August off from setting new goals or writing about them. I didn’t have August off from sticking to them. In fact August has been a really good month, which is mostly about having a week off work and … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on August 26, 2016 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! And it’s a Bank Holiday weekend, hurrah for the three day weekend! Be happier at work, get a hobby. This has basically been me this year. Find something outside of work to make me happy. The tragic story of … Continue reading →

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Courgette Bread – Three Ways

Posted on August 25, 2016 by nicdempsey

Have I mentioned that I have a glut of courgettes? I never go the allotment and pick just one courgette, last week I picked 27 over the week, which is excessive. Lesson learned for next year, we’ll limit ourselves to just … Continue reading →

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